Saturday, November 07, 2009
Skallander
Nice ambient groove stuff, from a New Zealand group, Skallander. Ignore the dippy comments from the reviewer, and check out the samples. Missing is the one I heard on A to G, "Space Cream," which can be heard here.
Monday, August 31, 2009
True Horror
An old episode of Dragnet, exposing the evils of LSD. Frank Conniff talks about how this misunderstanding and mockery of youth culture simply wouldn't happen anymore, since the market is now driven by young people's consumption.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
a movie from way back
Wind Chill starts off like a stalker movie, with creepy guy offering to rideshare with our heroine. But, just when you think he's going to go fully psycho on her, the movie makes both a figurative and literal turn down a byway that leads to a ghost story. Nice production values, decent script and acting.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Movie night, Aug 26, 2009
Watched From Within. A small town is plagued by a series of suicides. The minister's boy is convinced that the local eccentric family--whom he considers to be agents of EVIL--are behind the deaths, and the movie in part covers his rabble-rousing.
But, the POV in the movie is his girl friend, who doesn't like what he's getting up to. She befriends the young man who belongs to the family.
Meanwhile, we begin to see that something else is at work, some true evil that is possessing people long enough to induce suicide and then moving on.
Good visuals, decent writing (once the story gets moving), although it takes a while for the various elements of the plot to come together. Elizabeth Rice, who plays the POV character, has a great face and is a good actor.
But, the POV in the movie is his girl friend, who doesn't like what he's getting up to. She befriends the young man who belongs to the family.
Meanwhile, we begin to see that something else is at work, some true evil that is possessing people long enough to induce suicide and then moving on.
Good visuals, decent writing (once the story gets moving), although it takes a while for the various elements of the plot to come together. Elizabeth Rice, who plays the POV character, has a great face and is a good actor.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
When the going gets tough, the tough get surreal!
I found this great site with links to contemporary surreal art.
Among many others, I really like Laurie Lipton's drawings. Scroll down and check out "Haunted," "Inner City," and "The Unspeakable Dinner Party."
Among many others, I really like Laurie Lipton's drawings. Scroll down and check out "Haunted," "Inner City," and "The Unspeakable Dinner Party."
Sunday, August 13, 2006
I warned you!!
Remember the good old days, when the murder rate was going down (and I was arguing that rappers were responsible for it)? Well, them days are dead and gone, if I may.
But, what's the surprise? There's a grim determinism at work here. All during the 90s the worst off were actually improving their economic condition. Since that goddam dipshit GW stole the election, the worst off were getting worse, while the best off were stealing the store. (Check out the 2nd column from the left. Ignore the first set of stats, under "Current Dollars"; apparently Census Bureau types think "current" means "contemporaneous").
But, what's the surprise? There's a grim determinism at work here. All during the 90s the worst off were actually improving their economic condition. Since that goddam dipshit GW stole the election, the worst off were getting worse, while the best off were stealing the store. (Check out the 2nd column from the left. Ignore the first set of stats, under "Current Dollars"; apparently Census Bureau types think "current" means "contemporaneous").
